Maureen

“It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends. Wouldn’t you agree, Commandant?”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“But it’s our nature to deny what frightens us, and it’s not wicked or dull. Isn’t there always a bright, willing part of us that keeps hoping that what we know isn’t true?”
― Samantha Harvey, The Western Wind

“Threads that drift alone will sometimes simply twine themselves together, without need for spindle or distaff: brought into each other’s ambit, they bind themselves tight with the force of their own torsion. And this same torsion can, in the course of things, bundle the resulting cord back upon itself, ravelling it up into a skein, returning to the point of its beginning.”
― Jo Baker, Longbourn

“Wherever you are in this world, the sky is still above you. Wherever you are, God still watches over you; He sees into your heart.”
― Jo Baker, Longbourn